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24/08/2010
Fonds

Skandia IG investit dans le DWS Global Agribusiness Fund

La dernière semaine de juillet, le fonds Global Dynamic Equity Fund de Skandia, investi en actions mondiales, a pris une position de 1,5 % dans le DWS Global Agribusiness Fund, un fonds agriculture géré par Global Thematic Partners. Il s’agit du deuxième thème introduit en portefeuille dans le fonds depuis le début de l’année, après un investissement dans le JPM Global Financials Fund au premier trimestre.
Fonds
24/08/2010

Mirae Asset développe son activité à l’international

La société de gestion sud-coréenne Mirae Asset Global Investments, la division internationale de Mirae Asset, poursuit sa diversification tant du côté de la fabrication que de la distribution de produits.Après le recrutement le mois dernier d’un chief marketing officer (CMO) pour la région Asie-Pacifique, Martin Gilbey, Mirae Asset GI est à la recherche d’un directeur des ventes institutionnelles pour la région, selon Asian Investor. La société développe sa présence à Hong Kong et ailleurs dans le monde (Inde, Brésil, Etats-Unis). D’ici à la fin de l’année, les effectifs devraient passer de 71 à 80 à Hong Kong et de 36 à 41 à Sao Paulo. Martin Gilbey, qui travaillait précédemment chez Insight Investment à Londres, va également superviser les équipes de vente et de marketing pour le Royaume-Uni, l’Europe, le Moyen-Orient et l’Afrique. Mirae a lancé sa première sicav à la mi-2008. Les actifs sous gestion de Mirae Asset s’élèvent à un peu plus de 50 milliards de dollars, dont 30,4 milliards investis dans les actions émergentes.
24/08/2010

Le contentieux entre Arques et Siemens en voie de solution

Le capital-investisseur Arques Industrie a indiqué lundi dans un communiqué boursier que les négociations avec plusieurs repreneurs potentiels sur la cession de Gigaset (téléphones sans fil) ont atteint un stade avancé et que Siemens, qui détient encore 19,8 % de cette société, est disposé à accompagner cette transaction «de manière constructive». Cela pourrait également laisser présager une solution prochaine des contentieux entre Arques et Siemens, et notamment de la procédure arbitrale engagée par Siemens. D’après la Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, le repreneur le plus probable serait Novero (accessoires pour téléphones portables et équipements mains-libres).Arques a par ailleurs annoncé que son chiffre d’affaires du premier semestre est tombé à 524,6 millions d’euros contre 2,36 milliards suite à l'élagage du portefeuille, mais que l’ebitda a été positif à hauteur de 38,2 millions contre un solde négatif de 16 millions pour la période correspondante de l’an dernier. Compte tenu de charges exceptionnelles sur les activités abandonnées, Arques affiche une perte nette de 8,1 millions d’euros contre 117 millions pour janvier-juin 2009, mais les activités conservées ont généré un bénéfice net de 1,9 million.
24/08/2010
Fonds

Deka Immobilien investit à Paris et à Londres

L’allemand Deka Immobilien annonce avoir acquis pour environ 75 millions d’euros le complexe de trois immeubles Opéra Gramont (8.000 mètres carrés) à Paris pour le compte de son fonds immobilier offert au public WestInvest ImmoValue destiné aux investisseurs institutionnels. Le vendeur est le groupe REIS qui fait partie du Santander Real Estate Advisory Program. L’unique locataire est Coty Inc.D’autre part, Deka a acheté pour 97,1 millions de livres l’immeuble de bureaux 14 Pier Walk (18.400 mètres carrés), loué en totalité pour 20 ans à Transport for London. Cet actif est également affecté au fonds WestInvest ImmoValue.
Fonds
24/08/2010

Bâloise: Martin Kampik nommé directeur pour l'Autriche et l'Europe de Est

Bâloise Holding AG a annoncé le 23 août la nomination de Martin Kampik comme directeur régional pour l’Autriche et l’Europe de L’Est. Martin Kampik revient au siège du groupe dès le 1er septembre 2010, après avoir exercé une responsabilité en Croatie depuis début 2009, où il s’est occupé de la réorganisation, de l’intégration opérationnelle ainsi que du repositionnement des unités du groupe, indique la Bâloise dans un communiqué.Martin Kampik sera chargé de l’expansion et de la coordination des activités du groupe en Autriche et en Europe de l’Est. Il succède à Wolfgang Prasser, qui rejoint la direction de la Bâloise Suisse où il reprendra la direction du management des produits de la clientèle privée.
24/08/2010

Pour certains, le gérant star est un risque

La saga Gartmore a montré les dangers pour une société de gestion d'être trop dépendante d’un ou deux gérants star, analyse le Financial Times Fund Management. Pour Amin Rajan, directeur général de Create Research, essayer d’attirer des encours sur la base du talent comporte de gros risques. Car lorsque le gérant s’en va, l’argent part, ce qui provoque un tremblement de terre pour la société et les investisseurs. L’introduction de co-gérants est la seule façon de diluer la culture du gérant star, estime Mark Dampier, responsable de la recherche de Hargreaves Landsdown. La formation de successeurs à l’avance est aussi une manière de réduire le risque lié à un départ. Quoi qu’il en soit, selon les experts interrogés par le FT FM, seule une minorité de gérants vedette est vraiment talentueuse.
24/08/2010
Fonds

Nomura lance un fonds Ucits III

Nomura vient d’annoncer le lancement d’un nouveau fonds Ucits III sur sa plate-forme de Dublin Enovara, le HFRq Ucits III Fund. Hedge Fund Research, avec son indice HFRq, est sponsor de l’indice du fonds, tandis que Quantitative Equity Strategies (QES) intervient en tant que conseiller. Hedge Fund Research Asset Management vient compléter le dispositif.En termes de stratégie, le fonds va utiliser une méthodologie algorithmique mise au point par QES pour prendre des positions long/short dans des contrats de futures jusqu’à concurrence de 54 contrats séparés pour générer du rendement absolu, HFR étant responsable de la sélection et de la gestion de ces contrats.
Fonds
24/08/2010

La Deutsche Bank lance son dark pool à Hong Kong

Selon Asian Investor, la Deutsche Bank a lancé 23 août son dark pool international basé à Hong Kong et dénommé Deutsche Bank Automated Trading System (DBATS). Ce lancement fait suite à plusieurs mois d’expérimentation en interne qui ont notamment permis d’observer une réduction des coûts d’exécution des transactions
24/08/2010

Banca March met sur pied un réseau de banquiers indépendants

Selon Expansión relayé par Funds People, Banca March a déjà investi 2 millions d’euros dans une plate-forme technologique qui doit servir de support à un réseau de banquiers indépendants qui justifient d’au moins 15 ans d’expérience et peuvent lui apporter chacun un portefeuille de clientèle représentant un encours de 40 millions d’euros. D’ores et déjà une vingtaine de banquiers, dont des anciens de Fortis, d’UBS, de Banif et de Deutsche Bank auraient adhéré au projet.
24/08/2010

S&P launches a preferred stock index

Standard & Poor’s has announced the launch of the S&P International Preferred Stock Index, an index dedicated to providing investors with exposure to preferred stock in developed European and Asian markets.
24/08/2010

JPMAM, Schroders and Carmignac are top three foreign asset managers in Spain

The CNMV reports that assets under management at foreign asset management firms in Spain totalled EUR25.21bn as of the end of 2009, with eight actors responsible for local assets of over EUR1bn. JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM) remains by far the top manager in this segment, with EUR4.11bn, ahead of Schroders Investment Management with nearly EUR2.25bn, and Carmignac Gestion, with EUR1.5bn. Among the other five members of the billionaire club are two other French asset management firms: Amundi (EUR1.31bn) and BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP), with EUR1.1bn. DWS Investments, BlackRock and Fidelity have EUR1.36bn, EUR1.31bn and EUR1.02bn, respectively. Dexia Asset Management is in eleventh plance, with nearly EUR755m. Axa IM ranks 28th, with EUR221.3m.
24/08/2010

HSBC wants Old Mutual's stake in South African Nedbank

Agefi Switzerland reports that the British bank HSBC on 23 August announced that it is in exclusive talks with the insurer Old Mutual about acquiring a majority stake in Nedbank, the fourth-largest bank in South Africa by asset volumes. Old Mutual has confirmed the reports. The talks are over an acquisition of a 52% stake in Nedbank, which the insurer has owned since 1986, and HSBC may make an offer to shareholders in Nedbank for a stake of up to 70% of its capital. The total potential acquisition price has not been disclosed. Nedbank had a capitalisation of USD9.25bn as of Friday night.
24/08/2010

SGSS awarded a mandate by Santander AM

Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) has been mandated by Santander Asset Management, the wealth management division of the Santander group, to provide an asset servicing range for funds based in Luxembourg, which are administered by and lodged at SGSS.
24/08/2010

FMR (Fidelity) borrows USD250m

FMR LLC, the parent company of Fideity, on 16 August notified the SEC (form D) that it is planning to launch a USD250m borrowing program. At the date of the filing, 766 investors had already subscribed for over USD68.2m. The minimal subscription is set at USD25,000, The form does not state the destination of the funds collected.
24/08/2010

Mirae Asset adds to international activities

The South Korean management firm Mirae Asset Global Investments, the international division of Mirae Asset, is continuing its diversification both in terms of fabrication and distribution of products. Following the recruitment last month of a chief marketing officer (CMO) for the Asia-Pacific region, Martin Gilbey, Mirae Asset GI is seeking a director of institutional sales for the region, Asian Investor reports. The firm is developing its presence in Hong Kong, and elsewhere in the world (India, Brazil, the United States). By the end of the year, staff will increase from 71 to 80 in Hong Kong, and from 36 to 41 in Sao Paulo. Gilbey, who previously worked for Insight Investment in London, will also oversee sales and marketing teams for the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Mirae launched its first Sicav fund in mid-2008. Assets under management at Mirae Asset Management total slightly over USD50bn, of which USD30.4bn are invested in emerging markets equities.
24/08/2010

Columbia trims its range

Columbia Management, whose acquisition by Ameriprise Financial (USD327bn in assets as of the end of June) was concluded in May, has announced that it is planning to merge 62 funds as a part of its integration with RiverSource Investments, another Ameriprise affiliate (the group which also owns the British asset management firm Threadneedle). If the mergers, which aim to atrengthen the institutional and retail fund range, are approved by the boards of directors and then shareholders in the funds, they may be concluded during second half 2011. The concentration will not lead to further job losses, as the cuts made on 30 April have been adequate.
24/08/2010

Deka Immobilien invests in Paris and London

The German asset management firm deka immobilien has announced that it has acquired the three-building Opéra Gramont complex in Paris (8,000 square metres) for about EUR75m, for its open-ended real estate fund WestInvest ImmoValue, aimed at institutional investors. The vendor is the REIS group, which is part of the Santander Real Estate Advisory Program. The sole tenant in the property is Coty Inc. Meanwhile, Deka has also acquired the office building at 14 Pier Walk in London (18,400 square metres), which is wholly leased for 20 years to Transport for London, for GBP97.1m. The property will also be added to the portfolio of the WestInvest ImmoValue fund.
24/08/2010

Nomura launches a UCITS III fund

Nomura has announced the launch of a new UCITS III fund on its Dublin platform Enovara, entitled HFRq Ucits III Fund. Hedge Fund Research, with its HFRq index, is the sponsor of the fund’s index, while Quantitative Equity Strategies (QES) is advisor to the fund. Hedge Fund Research Asset Management also contributes to the fund. In terms of strategy, the fund will use an algorythmic and rules-based methodology developed by QES to adopt long/short positions on futures contracts, with positions on up to 54 different contracts to generate absolute returns. HFR is responsible for the selection and management of the contracts.
24/08/2010

DWS withdraws a gold fund from sale to retail investors

From 1 September, DWS Investments is ceasing sales to retail clients of its Luxembourg-registered fund DWS Gold Plus (LU0055649056), which will henceforth be available exclusively through private placement, and which will be moving to a password-protected page of the DWS website (www.dws.de/goldplus). DWS states that the fund, launched in 1994 (EUR587.39m in assets as of 20 August) has been withdrawn from the list of products open to retail clients, following the publication by BaFin of a circular on risk diversification. The question was whether products such as the Gold Plus fund, whose net asset value depends exclusively on the evolution of the price of gold, are sufficiently diversified by the requirements of the investment law. The regulator finds that gold is a precious metal and does not share the opinion of DWS that gold may also be considered a currency under the terms of the investment law. The asset management firm remains of the opinion that the DWS Gold Plus fund is sufficiently diversified in terms of risk, but in order to avoid uncertainty, is cancelling the sales license which the product had previously held.
24/08/2010

New ETF and ETC funds in Frankfurt

Deutsche Börse has announced that it has admitted the 680th ETF to trading on the XTF segment of its Xetra electronic trading platform. It is the CS ETF (Lux) on MSCI EMU Mid Cap, a Luxembourg-registered product (LU0312694234) which charges fees of 0.54%. Meanwhile, two new products from DB ETC (Deutsche Bank group), the db Physical Palladium Euro Hedged ETC and db Physical Platinum Euro Hedged ETC, have joined the ETC segment, which now lists 176 products. The new German-registered ETCs (DE000A1EK3B8 and DE000A1EK0H1) offer a way to hedge for currency risks, and charge 0.75% each. Their benchmark is the spot price of platinum in London. As of the end of July, the ETC segment for the first time admitted ETCs hedged for currency risks, also registered in Germany. They were the db Physical Silver Euro Hedged ETC (DE000A1EK0J7), whose benchmark is the spot price of silver, and the db Physical Gold Euro Hedged ETC (DE000A1EK0G3). The products from DB ETC charge 0.75% and 0.59%, respectively. The non-currency hedged versions of the funds carry respective management commissions of 0.45% and 0.29%.
24/08/2010

TPG to launch a fund in China

Agefi reports that the private equity fund TPG Capital will launch a vehicle in China, and is planning to raise CNY5bn (EUR580m) in a few months with the help of the government of the district of Pudong, in Shanghai. The fund, denominated in Yuan, TPG China Partners, will aim to invest in the consumer sectors, retail sales, and the health and financial industries in China. It will focus primarily on national mid- and large-sized businesses. Since last year, China has allowed private equity funds to invest with fewer constraints in local businesses, on the condition that they have a local partner (business or provincial government), the newspaper states.
24/08/2010

Korean pension fund NPS in talks to buy 23% of Colonial Pipeline

Agefi Switzerland reports that the South Korean state pension fund, the National Pension Service (NPS), one of the largest funds in the world, with a portfolio of EUR200bn, is in talks to acquire 23% of the US oil pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline from the oil group Chevron. The move would represent another foreign investment for NPS, which last week concluded its acquisition of a 75% stake in the French shopping centre O’parinor, the fifth-largest shopping centre in the Paris region, for EUR323m. According to the Korea Economic Daily newspaper, the fund is proposing to acquire the oil pipeline firm for KRW1trn (EUR665m).
24/08/2010

Vanguard releases a low-cost target date fund for 2055

Vanguard has announced the launch of its twelfth target date fund, the Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund, which is aimed at the 18-22 year old age range. Management commission is limited to 0.19%, compared with an average of 1.17% for its peer group, according to Lipper. Initially, allocation will be 90% to equities and 10% to bonds. The product will invest, like other Target Retirement Funds from Vanguard, in low-cost tracker in-house funds (Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund, Vanguard Total Bond Market UU Index Fund, Vanguard European Stock Index Fund, Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund, and Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund). In total, subscribers will have access to more than 6,000 US equities and bonds with the new fund, as well as over 2,000 international equities. As of 31 July, the 11 Vanguard target date funds had total assets of USD67bn.
24/08/2010

Hedge funds specialised in emerging Asia face net outflows in second quarter

Despite considerable interest on the part of investors in emerging markets in the past few months, hedge funds specialised in emerging markets have posted net outflows of USD1.5bn in second quarter, according to statistics from HFR reported by Asian Investor. In first quarter, outflows totalled USD550m. Outflows in second quarter were largely concentrated on emerging Asia and Russia, as investors reallocated capital to Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa. In light of outflows and losses related to the performance of hedge funds, capital invested in hedge funds specialised in emerging markets fell by USD3.2bn to a total as of the end of June of less than USD95bn.
24/08/2010

Deutsche Bank launches a dark pool in Hong Kong

Asian Investor reports that Deutsche Bank on 23 August launches its international dark pool, based in Hong Kong, entitled Deutsche Bank Automated Trading System (DBATS). The launch follows several months of in-house experimentation, which showed a reduction in transaction execution costs.
24/08/2010

Bankinter launches a campaign to promote Lyxor ETFs

In all its branches in Spain, Bankinter will promote Lyxor ETFs, making it the first bank in the country to offer products of this type to retail investors, Funds People reports. Previously, only independent intermediaries such as Renta 4 and Inversis offered this type of fund to retail investors. Only BBVA and Lyxor Asset Management have listed ETFs on the Spanish stock exchange.
24/08/2010

Skandia IG invests in DWS Global Agribusiness Fund

In the last week of July, Skandia Investment Group’s (SIG) Global Dynamic Equity Fund has taken a 1.5% position in the DWS Global Agribusiness Fund, managed by Global Thematic Partners. The purchase of DWS is the second theme added by the fund this year, after taking a position in the JPM Global Financials Fund in the first quarter.
24/08/2010

LSE head leaves LCH.Clearnet

Agefi reports that Xavier Rolet, CEO of the London Stock Exchange, has resigned from the board of LCH.Clearnet. The decision is providing added fuel to rumours that the stock market company is planning to set up its own settlement service, the newspaper notes.
24/08/2010

Cofunds head of sales quits his job

Money Marketing reports that Nick Godfrey, director of sales for Cofunds, has quit the platform following a merger of the sales and marketing departments. Godfrey, along with Paul Rose, national sales manager, have left the firm effective immediately. The group explains that the restructuring was necessary in order to adapt to the new British RDR (Retail Distribution Review) regulations.

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